Subject: Re: Pokémon isn't the only series ruined by new voices... 23rd January 2008, 5:45 pm

Nekusagi wrote:

Oddly enough, there's a guy in my TCG league who HATES what Funimation did with the voices in OP.

Yes. He PREFERS the 4Kids dub.

I should sell him to a museum. Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, maybe.

Yup. No one likes that dub.

Wait? Does he just prefer the 4Kids voices, or the entire 4Kids dub? I love the FUNimation dub. The 8th movie's coming to DVD soon UNCUT. Here's my voice comparisons:

Luffy: Bella Hudson < Colleen Clinkenbeard. Luffy sounded just plain weird in the 4Shame dub. That was fixed, and Luffy no longer sounds like a 7 year old boy.Usopp: J. Griff < New One: Jason Griffith made Usopp sound like Mr. Bickles from Fairly Oddparents, kind of.Sanji: Dave Moo < New One: I hate the Brooklyn accent! Robin: Veronica = New One: I don't see a difference here.Chopper: Old One = New One: I don't see a difference here either.Nami: Haven't heard her 4Kids voice except for one scene (the 4Kids dub episodes are hard to find).

Subject: Re: Pokémon isn't the only series ruined by new voices... 28th January 2008, 5:23 pm

Pokémon Trainer Shane wrote:

Lisa Ortiz? Was she the new Amy?

Perhaps Lisa Ortiz and Kerry Williams are the same person?

Could be.

Someone told me waaay back when on an LJ comm Nami was Lisa, though, and the few dub episodes I've seen, I kept thinking Domino when Nami talked (eh, both cute roguish girls who fight with sticks, it's an easy mistake, I guess...)

So maybe I'm wrong about Wendy's VA, as well, if Lisa has a blatant soundalike.

Subject: Re: Pokémon isn't the only series ruined by new voices... 26th March 2008, 9:20 pm

Nekusagi wrote:

Pokémon Trainer Shane wrote:

Lisa Ortiz? Was she the new Amy?

Perhaps Lisa Ortiz and Kerry Williams are the same person?

Could be.

Someone told me waaay back when on an LJ comm Nami was Lisa, though, and the few dub episodes I've seen, I kept thinking Domino when Nami talked (eh, both cute roguish girls who fight with sticks, it's an easy mistake, I guess...)

So maybe I'm wrong about Wendy's VA, as well, if Lisa has a blatant soundalike.

Subject: Re: Pokémon isn't the only series ruined by new voices... 28th March 2008, 9:08 pm

Pokémon Trainer Shane wrote:

Lisa Ortiz? Was she the new Amy?

Yeah, she was indeed.

And, if it's true that the VAs for Sonic X are the same ones doing the current Sonic games, then yes. The new Amy voice is done by Lisa Ortiz.

I watch Sonic X, and it's pretty easy for me to identify a voice that Lisa Ortiz does. She's awesome!

And personally, I think her Amy voice is great! ^^

Of course, this is coming from someone who really enjoys watching Sonic X whenever it airs on 4KidsTV. So yeah, I'm probably biased about this VA switch, cause my opinion is likely to be very different from all of you guys' opinions. XD

Anyway, let me explain my point of view to you guys (no one except Trainer Rachel has heard me say this before, lol).

You see, after I've seen so many episodes of Sonic X, I actually wasn't aware that the voices had changed from the games in the first place (I only found out about that switch a few months ago). So basically, Sonic's apparently NEW voice in Sonic X didn't bother me one bit. I actually thought it suited him quite well.

But also, I remember when Sonic X first started airing, and I saw the credits - I noticed how the Pokemon VAs worked on Sonic X - I thought this was AWESOME! So um, yeah, like I said, I'm definitely biased towards the Sonic VA switch. XD

Also, there is another factor that affects my views of the Sonic VA switch - it's the fact that when I'm playing a game, voice acting doesn't matter much to me (the game's music will always stand out to me more than anything else, cause I LOVE game music).

And if you wanna know my official position on this Sonic VA switch, I'm neutral - because honestly, I couldn't care less which voice cast works on the Sonic games, lol. It doesn't matter to me either way.

Although, if you were to ask me, I'd say my personal preference would be the 4Kids cast, simply because I love their voice work on BOTH the Pokemon series, and on Sonic X - two of my favorite 4Kids dubs. LOL. XD!!

(I have a 3rd favorite 4Kids dub, and that's Kirby: Right Back At Ya - which coincidentally, is also an anime series based on a popular game franchise, lol) XD

Subject: Re: Pokémon isn't the only series ruined by new voices... 7th May 2008, 7:49 pm

Yeah, I had bought a second hand copy of Kirby Nightmare In Dreamland for the GBA over the weekend along with Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI Advance carts. Kirby Nightmare In Dreamland is a remake of Kirby's Adventure from the NES. I have also reserved Final Fantasy IV DS.